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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

May. 09, 2018
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Robert Nasry Hasbun, San Jose, CA (US);

Dean D. Gans, Nampa, ID (US);

Sharookh Daruwalla, San Ramon, CA (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 12/1009 (2016.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0658 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/1009 (2013.01); G06F 13/1673 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7203 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for memory buffer management and bypass are described. Data corresponding to a page size of a memory array may be received at a virtual memory bank of a memory device, and a value of a counter associated with the virtual memory bank may be incremented. Upon determining that a value of the counter has reached a threshold value, the data may be communicated from the virtual memory bank to a buffer of the same memory device. For instance, the counter may be incremented based on the virtual memory bank receiving an access command from a host device.


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